Lighthouse Studios on filling The Cuphead Show! with tributes to 1930s animation
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by Erin Hynes
2y ago
The Cuphead Show! is a new series from Netflix based on the wildly popular video game by Studio MDHR. The original Cuphead game captivated fans by paying homage to 1930s cartoonists, such as Max Fleischer and Grim Natwick. The game also features a big band jazz soundtrack alongside charming, handcrafted animation.  Released in February 2022, The Cuphead Show! is also a tribute to the Fleischer Era of animation, with ambition, a modern eye, and a genuine appreciation of the source material. This hybrid digital animation series, animated by Lighthouse Studios, follows the misadventures of t ..read more
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Atomic Cartoons on animating The Last Kids on Earth
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by Erin Hynes
2y ago
What do you do when zombies and monsters invade your hometown? Team up with your friends to survive the chaos, of course! This is exactly what a scrappy 13-year-old orphan named Jack Sullivan does in the series, The Last Kids on Earth. The team at Atomic Cartoons produced and animated this action-packed Netflix series; based off of author Max Brallier’s New York Times bestselling books. A 66-minute special to launch the series debuted in 2019, followed by two 10-episode seasons in April and September of 2020. In spring 2021, Atomic Cartoons announced an interactive special, Happy Apocalypse to ..read more
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Eugenia Rocha Méndez goes behind-the-scenes on Seedling
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by Erin Hynes
2y ago
In Seedling, a little dandelion seed wakes up after being blown away by the wind. When the seed finally lands on the ground, it realizes that this is a competitive world in which everyone is trying to bloom: It needs to find a hole in the ground to become a flower. Eugenia Rocha Méndez created the short as her thesis film while attending Vancouver Film School. Eugenia has since graduated, and is now a 2D animator at Titmouse as well as a freelance illustrator. We caught up with her to learn more about what inspired Seedling, the challenges she faced in making her film, and her advice for anima ..read more
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Celebrate new heights of animation in Toon Boom’s 2022 Studio Reel
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by Janelle Williams-Rivers
2y ago
Every year, Toon Boom Animation highlights clips from our extended community of artists and animators which push the boundaries of what audiences expect from animation. Our 2022 reel includes clips from award-winning feature length films, experimental shorts, acclaimed television productions and genre-defying music videos. The selected clips reflect the work that animators and artists around the world create using a wide variety of styles and techniques, all made with Toon Boom Harmony or Storyboard Pro. This year’s reel includes clips from outstanding productions such as Summit ..read more
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Nico Colaleo on showrunning Ollie & Scoops
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by Mike Schnier
2y ago
Have you ever wanted to know what was going through your cat’s mind? Ollie is a 9-year-old girl with a secret ability: She alone can speak with and understand cats, including her best friend in the whole world, Scoops. Nico Colaleo is the creator and showrunner behind Ollie & Scoops, an independent self-funded series. His show currently spans 8 episodes, with more than 1.5 million cumulative views across YouTube and Newgrounds.  Nico Colaleo was also the creator and showrunner behind DreamWorks TV’s Too Loud, and has a storied career as an animatic editor on productions, including Sta ..read more
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Try to stop thinking about Toon Boom’s 2022 Education Showreel
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by Janelle Williams-Rivers
2y ago
Each year, animation students publish ambitious and imaginative films. Beyond a rite of passage, for many animators in the industry a thesis film is their first opportunity to create and direct a fully-realized original work. To honour animation students, Toon Boom Animation is highlighting clips from our extended community of students around the world who push the boundaries of what audiences expect from animation. 2022’s Education Showreel features our favourite clips from students, and includes participants in programs like The Orange Tree Project as well as the 24 HOURS Animation Contest ..read more
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Titmouse’s Jeremy Polgar on storyboarding AREA21’s Greatest Hits Vol 1.
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by Erin Hynes
2y ago
The animated music video for AREA21’s track Pogo features a desert car chase, hundreds of hopping bunnies, scenes of Las Vegas, and of course, two guys bouncing around on pogo sticks!  AREA21 is a Dutch-American electronic dance music duo: Martin Garrix, a well-known DJ/producer, and Maejor, a rapper, singer, songwriter and music producer. The pair teamed up with the award-winning animation production company Titmouse and director Jeremy Polgar to create a series of seven music videos for their album, Greatest Hits Vol 1.  Created over the course of several months, the videos follow ..read more
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Pat Keegan on 3D scene experiments drawn in Storyboard Pro
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by Edward Hartley
2y ago
Pat Keegan is an artist, animator and storyteller who has won awards for eye-catching work across TV, film and animation. With more than a decade in the industry working on cult series like Rick & Morty, Pat is an artist who pushes the craft and reaches new heights using tools like Storyboard Pro. These two experimental clips showcase some of Pat’s visual world-building and technical wizardry. These scenes provide a wide range of movements through intricate city architecture — drawn brick-by-brick by Pat. One scene features a adrenaline pumping hover scooter ride through a sharply detailed ..read more
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From thesis to Pitch THIS! with Nico Smania on Scattershot and Port Harbour
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by Philip Mak
2y ago
An animation student’s thesis film represents a culmination of the skills they developed at school, and is also an opportunity to create a fully realized animated project. If their storytelling is strong, that film can lead to a studio job or serve as a platform to pitch their creative visions. For animator Nico Smania, it led to both. Sheridan College alum Smania’s thesis film, Scattershot, attracted significant attention both on his graduating class’ industry day and online — with over 1.1 million views on YouTube. He credits his small-but-dedicated Instagram following with helping it go vir ..read more
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Lilian Fu on animating Birds Connect Our World
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by Edward Hartley
2y ago
Animation can educate audiences about important issues and noble causes. Birds Connect Our World, a film by Hong-Kong born animator Lilian Fu, is a great example. Following a small bird on its journey across continents, the East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP) commissioned the short to raise awareness of the issues facing migratory birds. For a short piece, it captures the vast journey faced by birds in nature, and will have you rooting for the protagonist: a great knot named Beak Beak. Following a migratory path that spans from Siberia to Australia, Birds Connect Our World is a ..read more
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